Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
2007-08-26
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George Nelson (1925- ) and Wayne Johnson (1921- ) were interviewed together for this oral history. George Nelson describes his World War ll experiences in the 10th Mountain Division of the U.S. Army, Camp Hale, Colorado; Riva Ridge, Italy; Mount Belvedere, Italy; Mont Gogalesco, Italy and Mount Della Spe, Italy. He describes camping equipment for -30 F. Nelson states his philosophy of soldier survival. Wayne Johnson then describes his World War ll U.S. Army Air Corps experience fighting the Japanese as a Flying Tigers pilot. Johnson discusses flying a BT-13 plane, AT-6 Advance Trainer plane, P-40 plane and P-51 plane. He recalls Claire Chennault commander of Flying Tigers in China. Johnson discusses his philosophy of fighting a war. These interviews were given at a special event 8-26-2007 at the Cross River Heritage Center sponsored by the Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota. Barbara Livdahl and videographer Judy Gregg from the Schroeder Area historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota, facilitated the event.
Author of the novel "Floating Kingdom," a 1998 Minnesota Book Award winner, as well as a collection of short stories, "Glass Houses," a 1996 Minnesota Book Award winner; interviewed by Mark Oyaas, Neerland & Oyaas Inc. and Metro Cable Network Executive Director. Also featured: Owner Allan Kornblum talks about Coffee House Press in Minneapolis.
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice George Scott on his life and legal and judicial career. He was on the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1973 until 1987. Subjects covered: his early life, his time as the Hennepin County Attorney, civil rights, his years on the Supreme Court, and some of his life after he left the Court. Interviewed by Dan Scott, Justice Scott's eldest son.
Martin, Glenda; Wigley, Griff;Wiggins, David;Sween, Roger
Date Created:
1992-01-21
Description:
Glenda Martin (MN Women's Press), Griff Wigley (Utne Reader), David Wiggins (MN Independent Scholar's Forum), and Roger Sween (MN Study Circles Network) talk about their involvement in developing local discussion groups, study circles, and salons.
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Glenn E. Kelley on his life and legal and judicial career. Kelley was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1981 and served until 1990. Part one of the interview recorded on January 29, 1990 and part two was recorded on August 16, 1990. Interviewed by Steve Young at the Minnesota State Capitol.
Gretchen Beito, author of Coya Come Home, a biography of the only woman from Minnesota elected to Congress, is interviewed by Gretchen Wronka of Hennepin County Library.
Mystery writer and author of the long-running "Carl Wilcox" mystery series, including The Ditched Blonde and Hatchet Job; interviewed by Bruce Southworth.
Prominent book buyer and collector, member of the Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library and winner of the Kay Sexton Award at 1996 Minnesota Book Awards; interviewed by Ross Corson.
Interview with former Minnesota Court of Appeals Judge Harriet Lansing on her life and her legal and judicial career. She was appointed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals in 1983, retired in 2011, and served as a senior judge until 2017. The interview covers her service with the Uniform Law Commission after retirement, her family background and education, being a woman in law school in the 1960s, being the first woman City Attorney of St. Paul, and being on the Court of Appeals.
Harrison Salisbury, New York Times editor, talks with Robb Mitchell about his book "Journey for Our Times," which chronicles some of his early career in Minnesota. First of a two-part program.
Harrison Salisbury, New York Times editor and former Minnesotan, discusses his worldwide reporting and experiences and his book "A Time of Change" with Robb Mitchell of Minneapolis. Second of a two-part program.
Harry Boyte, Senior Fellow at Humphrey institute of Public Affairs and author of Commonwealth: A Return to Citizen Politics, is interviewed by Joe Moses.
Bob Ferguson, Hazelden Alumni Relations Manager, and Rebecca Post, Editor with Hazelden Publishing, talk with Linda Hanner about the book, "The Way Home," four real life stories of the journey from addiction to recovery. Publisher Bill Hammond describes the extensive marketing, publishing and materials distribution activities at this world famous center.
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Helen Meyer on her life and legal and judicial career. She was on the Minnesota Supreme Court from 2002 until 2012. Subjects covered: her early life and education, starting a law firm, her time on the Court, and her life after leaving the Court. Interviewed by Liz Kramer, Justice Meyer's first law clerk.
One of 13 children, Henry Nelson was born in 1954 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. In 1975, he was a student living in Battambang. The Khmer Rouge came into town and captured his father who was a captain in the army. He is presumed to have been executed. Nelson and his remaining family members were sent out into the jungle with the rest of the village and made to work in work camps. He survived multiple attempts on his life before escaping to Thailand. Nelson worked with the Vietnamese and other groups as an interpreter. He came to the United States in 1982 and was eventually reunited with one sister in Minnesota.
Author of the popular book "How to Talk Minnesotan," now a successful musical performed by Troupe America at the Plymouth Playhouse. Beth Weatherby, Southwest State University, talks with Howard about writing, humor and theater, and other writers.
Ivan Musicant, naval historian and author of The Banana Wars: a History of United States Militan; Intervention in Latin America, is interviewed by Mary Turck of the Central America Resource Center.
Co-authors and editor, respectively, of "Jack and Rochelle: A Holocaust Story of Love and Resistance," a 1996 Minnesota Book Award winner in the Biography category; interviewed by Lynne Bertalmio, Director of Stillwater Public Library.
Jack Weatherford, anthropology professor and author of Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World, is interviewed by Chris Dodge of Hennepin County Library.
Interview with former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice James H. Gilbert on his legal and judicial career. He was on the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1998 to 2004. Subjects covered: his early life, college years, his involvement in politics, his time on the Supreme Court, and his life after leaving the Court. Interviewed by attorney Tom Boyd and retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul H. Anderson.
James Lileks, former writer for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and author of Falling Up the Stairs, talks about humor writing with Marge McPeak of Hennepin County Library.
James Stageberg and Susan Allen Toth, architect and author, respectively, and husband and wife discuss their collaboration on the book "A House of One's Own: an Architect's Guide to Designing the House of Your Dreams," with Hennepin County Library Director Robert Rohlf.
Librarian, historian and author who has a lifelong knowledge of and love for the St. Croix River and who authored the 1962 volume in the "Rivers of America" book series focusing on the St. Croix. He has also recently collected and edited articles and manuscripts written by his great aunt, Elizabeth Taylor, in a new book The Far Islands and Other Cold Places: Travel Essays of a Victorian Lady just published by Pogo Press. He is interviewed at the St. Croix Water Research Station by Director Ron Lawrenz, who also discusses the mission/resources at the Research Station.
Jane Pejsa, author of Matriarch of Conspiracy, a book about the life of Ruth Von Kleist, a friend and supporter of theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, talks with journalist Margot Siegel.
Jane Pejsa, author of Gratia Countryman: Her Life, Her Loves, Her Library, a biography of the Chief Librarian of Minneapolis Public Library from 1904-1936; is interviewed by author and journalist Margot Siegel.
Author of "Romanoff-Prince of Rogues: The Life & Times of a Hollywood Icon" (Kenwood Publishing), a biography of the flamboyant but shadowy restauranteur, a 1998 Minnesota Book Award nominee; interviewed by Erich Chlist, owner of the Black Forest Inn in Minneapolis.
Jean Antonello, R.N., B.S.N., obesity specialist and author of Horv to Become Naturally Thin by Eating More discusses the fallacies of conventional dieting with publicist Pat Lindquist.
Jean Kummerow and Sandra Hirsh, co-authors of "Lifetypes," a book about the Myers Briggs type indicator, are interviewed by Eileen Cavanagh of Hennepin County Library.
Jennifer Komar, Assistant Curator for the "Minnesota 1900" Exhibit of turn-of-the-century decorative arts and crafts at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, is interviewed by educator and commentator Steve Benson.
Acclaimed photographer and former University of Minnesota professor; he discusses the art of photography with Ted Hartwell, Curator of Photography at Minneapolis Institute of Arts, along with the new compilation published by Minnesota Historical Society Press, "Jerome Liebling: The Minnesota Photographs, 1949-1969."
The legendary Minnesota writer and winner of the prestigious 1962 National Book Award for Morte D'Urban is interviewed at the College of St. Benedict by fellow novelist and teaching colleague Jon Hassler.
The legendary Minnesota writer and winner of the prestigious 1962 National Book Award for "Morte D'Urban" is interviewed at the College of St. Benedict by fellow novelist and teaching colleague Jon Hassler.
